In January 2006, the world's smallest fish was discovered on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. A member of the carp family of fish, the Paedocypris progenetica. It is the world's smallest vertebrate or backboned animal, only 7.9 mm (0.3 inches) long.

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admin on December 11th, 2008 | File Under Animal world | -